The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-11-17

audience enough to create laughter, much
has been accomplished. And this Mr..
Guinness and his company succeeded we'll
in doing.
! EDUCATIoSAL.-The GOLD LEAF takes
pleasure in directing attention to the adj
vertisement OF AIiddleburg Male Academy
to be found in this issue This is flour
ishing school and its success is in the
highest sense deserved The principal Mr.
J. II. Scarborough has an enyiable reputa-
ton as both scholar and teacher, and no
! Institution of its kind in this part of the
! State offers superior advantages to the
young men and boys seeking cheap and at
| the same time ample education The dis
cipline is good and the course of instruction
thorough. AS a preparatory school Mid
dleburg Male Academy stands deserycdly
| high in the estimation of its patrons
| ~s>>.
| ANOTHER ONE.-We must not omit to
| give the United States Tobacco Jonr3eat
of New York City credit for the interest it
takes in our market, along with the To-
bace0 Leaf and S0utAern Tobacco JoUrnak
1t frequently copies extracts from the
GOLD LEAF about the Henderson tobacco
market devoting considerable space thereto
last week. Aside from its direct influence
this is one of the many advantages and
blessings of a live local paper to town.
Its influence is more far reaching than the
confines of its own circulation, in that
many things originally published in its
columns find their way into other papers,
| Il &l,,,,, -
and community in which it is published
60 spreading on beyond our idea of con-
ception. This is but a single one of the
thousand ways a newspaper adyerti5cs its
town.
PROBABLE MURDER-Mr. |. r. Fuller
tells us of a death in his neighbOrhCod
under somewhat peculiar and suspicious
circumstances last Friday. The house of
an old colored woman who lived not far
from his place, was discovered to be on
fire and her dead body, charred and still
burning, was found lying on the floor when
some of the neghbors reached the scene.
The flames were eXtinguished and the
house was not burned. Mr.. Fuller says
that examination revealed the fact that
both Of the old w9mans arms were
broken, but the body was too much burned
to tell whether there were any other
bruises Oh it Or not. She was alone in the
house at the time, her husband being i'll
the field some distance away at work
Altogether it looks very much of murder
and the house was set on fire to cover up
the crime. The matter ought to be looked
into.
THEATRIcAl.-The Meyer-Thofne Come-
dy Company will open at BurWell Hall
Monday night for three nights engage
ment. This company is not altogether I'M
known to Henderson theatre-goers, having
appeared here some years ago. Since then,
however, thas been greatly strengthened,
while the favorites, Miss Bonnie Meyer,
and Mr.. j. Ill. ThOrne, are as good as ever
in their respective roles. Miss Meyer is
not only very pretty woman, but a
sprightly and viyacious actress as we'll,
while Mr.. Thorne is an actor and comedian
of ability, and the two with their company
never fail to please an audience. Remem-
Der the dates, Monday, Tuesday and We'd
nesday nights next.
The very celebrated emotional three act
drama A Woman's Devotion, will be play
ed Monday night. Reserved seats 80 cents;
general admission 35 cents; gallery %
cents.
SPECIAL SERvICE.-The special service
! for gentlemen at the Presbyterian church
last Friday night was very we'll attended.
Mr.. Sprunt the pastor in explaining why
. he had announced meeting of this kind
said it had not been done for the purpose
, of advertising either the speaker or the
church, but because there were certain
sins he deemed it necessary to speak of
and which could not he done in a promis
cuous congregation. The subjects of remark
were handled in as delicate manner as
possible, and at the same time in language
that could not be misunderstood The
GOLD LEAF feels that good alone can come
out of such meeting. In taking this step
Mr.. Sprunt has shown the abiding love and
interest he feels in those among whom such
sins may be found, and he is not slow te
sound the voice of warning. We noticed
;, the pastors of the several congregations ir
town present.
: SUDDEN DEATH.-Our citizens were
Il somewhat startled Saturday morning al
!. the announcement that Mr.. S. Bascom
0 Holt had dropped dead very suddenly He
e had been doing some work in Oxford and
II came down on the morning train. Coin.
into Messrs. Currin & Cos place of business:
near the depot he was sitting by the stow,
c warming himself, when without the leas
T. warning his head dropped to one side ant
It gaspng time or tive as il trying to catcl
/. his breath he expired. Mr. holt was
i brother of Mrs. y. Lehman of Henderson
y and was we'll known i'm the community
d He was sign painter by trade and cam
If here some years ago from Farmyille, Va.
is where his widowed mother still lives. De
's ceased was about 81 years of age, and fin
C specimen of physical manhood The re
Ii mains were taken to Farmyille for int,
4 ment Monday, Mr.. Lehman accompanying
& them. The GOLD LEAF offers its condolin
5. sympathies to the grief-stricken mother
two sisters and brother who survive him
SO When you want nice set of harnes
made to order, come at once to
oct-l3a 4. ASHBY MATHEWS.